Gareth Southgate is set to give some fringe players a chance to impress
Gareth Southgate must soon decide which players he is cutting from his 33-man preliminary squad
The passionate supporters will help Aston Villa "do well" in the Champions League next season, say the club's former winger Anwar El Ghazi. Villa's outstanding season under boss Unai Emery saw them finish fourth in the table and will play in Europe's elite club competition for the first time in almost 40 years. The Midlands side stunned German heavyweights Bayern Munich to win the European Cup in 1982 before shocking Barcelona to claim the Uefa Super Cup the following season.
Spanish football journalist and BBC columnist Guillem Balague has broken down how new Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca impressed the Blues' hierarchy in his interview for the role. "The five-year deal suggests that they have seen not only someone who is Chelsea quality but somebody that's got the energy to keep improving Chelsea and get them into the top four again," he told The Football News Show. "All that comes off the basis of two things - what they saw he did at Leicester City and the interview being very impressive.